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Photonics4Life

Photonics4Life is a Network of Excellence, funded by the European Union within the 7th Framework Programme for research and technological development. It consists of 13 European research institutes working in the field of Biophotonics. The network’s aim is to provide a coherent framework for research in this strongly fragmented field in Europe. Biophotonics is a multidisciplinary research area, embracing all light-based technologies applied to the life sciences and medicine. One of the tasks of Photonics4Life is to map and to overview the research and technological developments across these various subdisciplines with their manifold interdependences.

PHOTONICS4LIFE targets to bridge the gaps between the different research communities ranging from Physics and Engineering via Chemistry and Physical Chemistry to Biology and Medicine and thereby to improve and extend the analysis of cell processes, non- and minimally-invasive diagnosis and therapy and point-of-care diagnostics. Furthermore PHOTONICS4LIFE aims to link the expertise of research institutes towards SMEs and large companies in order to foster Biophotonics research and to strengthen the economical competitiveness of Europe in the global Biophotonics market.

Type of Project

• Network of Excellence

Project coordination

• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Popp (Project Coordinator) Institute of Photonic Technology, University of Jena, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Gert von Bally (Vice-Coordinator) University of Munster, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Hugo Thienpont (Vice-Coordinator) Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Photonics4Life Partners

• Institute of Photonic Technology|Institut für Photonische Technologien, IPHT, Germany
• Universität Münster, UoM, Germany
• Universiteit Twente, MESA+, The Netherlands
• Instituto di Fisica Applicata ›Nello Carrara‹|Instituto di Fisica Applicata ›Nello Carrara‹, CNR IFAC, Italy
• CNRS Institut d'Optique Graduate School, IOGS, France
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB, Belgium
• University of St. Andrews, USTAN, United Kingdom
• Imperial College London, IMPERIAL, United Kingdom
• Instituto de Cincias Fotonicas Barcelona, ICFO, Spain
• Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus, VTT, Finland
• Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, FZK, Germany
• Lunds Universitet, ULUND, Sweden
• Saratovskij Gosudarstvennuyj Universitet, SSU, Russia

Project Duration

01.05.2008 – 30.04.2012

Total cost

Approx. 5.230.000 EUR

External links

• http://www.photonics4life.eu (Homepage)